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Table 2 Baseline characteristics (t1) of the AYA-LE sample

From: Life situation and psychosocial care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients – study protocol of a 12-month prospective longitudinal study

Total

n = 577

Valid

n

(%)

Gender: female

425

29.3

391

(73.7)

(6.09)

(68.1)

Age at diagnosis Mean (SD); Min-Max:

Partnership: (yes)

Highest educational degree:

No educational degree

Basic educational degree (<10 years)

Secondary educational degree (10 years)

Highschool degree (>10 years)

6

37

190

340

(1.0)

(6.5)

(33.2)

(59.3)

Children: (yes)

195

(33.8)

Cancer diagnosis

[C50] Breast Cancer

[C51-C57] Gynecological Cancer

[C62] Testicular Cancer

[C73] Thyroid Cancer

[C43] Melanoma

[C81] Hodgkin´s Lymphoma

[C82-C90] Non-Hodgkin´s Lymphoma

[C91-C95] Haematological Cancer

[C40-C41, C46-C49] Sarcoma

[C15-C26] Gastrointestinal cancer

[other C] Others

150

51

50

32

19

99

42

40

26

29

39

(26.0)

(8.8)

(8.7)

(5.5)

(3.3)

(17.2)

(7.3)

(6.9)

(4.5)

(5.0)

(6.8)

Time since diagnosis in months

Mean (SD); Min-Max:

11.9 (7.99); 1.0 - 44.4

 

Medical therapies

(Multiple answers possible):

Surgery

Radiation

Chemotherapy

Chemoradiotherapy

427

250

228

215

(74.0)

(43.3)

(39.5)

(37.3)

Sick leave at baseline: (yes)

321

(57.0)